Train-order holder and deliverer.



' PATENTBD'JUNE 2, 1903.

v J., 'J. MBTZ. v TRAIN ORDER HOLDER AND DBLI VERER.-

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8, 1903..

B0 MODEL.

No. 730,143. I

Patented June 2, 19,03.

PATENT" OFFICE.

JOHN J. METZ, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRAIN-ORDER HOLDER AND DELIVERER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent no. 730,143, dated June 2, 1903. Application filed April 8. 1903. Serial No. 151,617. (No model.)

of the United States, residing at Meadville,

in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Train-Order Holders and Deliverers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to train-order holding and delivering devices; and it consists in the peculiar and advantageous devicehereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved train-order holder and deliverer as it appears when held in its proper operative position; Fig. 2, an enlarged detail section illustrating the removable loop of the device in the loop-holder thereof; Fig. 3, an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the loop, illustrating the spring device for fastening an order thereon; and Fig. at a broken detail view illustrating a modified loop-holder.

Referring by letter to said drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 3 thereof, A is the handle of the improved device, which is preferably of wood, and Bis the loop-holder.

The said loop-holder is preferably of pressedsteel, and it comprises an open body a, which by preference describes the major portion of a circle and" is of channel form in crosssection, Fig. 2, and a socket b, disposed at the opposite side of the bodywith reference to the opening 0 therein and receiving the handle A.

O is the'loop of the device, provided, as best shown in Fig. 3, with a spring-fastener d for holding train-orders thereon. The said loop is endless and is formed of flexible material, preferably ordinary rope, of a size in crosssection to sn'ugly'fit in the body a of the loopholder 13,.

In the practical use of my improved device the loop 0 is placed in thebody a of the loopholder B, as shown in Fig. 1, and when an order is to be delivered to a passing train the order (lettered D) is passed through an opening 6 in body a and clamped between the fastener d and the loop 0. WVith this done a person holds the device at arms length,with the loop-holder and loop toward and adjacent to the path of a train, and as the train passes the engine driver or other authorized person thereon runs his arm through the loop, and thereby withdraws it from the holder after the manner shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 and takes it upon the train. It will be observed that in this Way orders can be conveniently delivered to trains running at a high rate of speed; also, that because of the loop being of flexible material, such as rope, it will cling to the arm of the taker after the manner of a lasso and will not be liable to rebound from or injure the arm like a hoop of wood, metal, or analagous material. It will further beobserved that the device as a whole is simple and compact and may therefore be conveniently carried in the pocket.

In order to permit of the device being safely used at night, I provide the body a of the loop-holder B with a bracket f, upon which a lantern E may be remov'ably placed, as shown in Fig. 1.

The loop-holder B (shown in Fig. 4) is similar to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, except that it is formed of wire and hasa shank b fixed in the end of a wood handle A. In this connection I desire it understood that the loopholder may be of any suitable material without departing from my invention.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in my im'proved device in order to impart a full, clear, and exact understanding of the same. I do not desire,

however, to be understood as confining my- 7 self to such specific construction and arrangement of parts, as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of'my invention as claimed.

Having described my invention what I claim, and desire to secure by LettersjPatent,

1. A train-order holder and deliverer comprising an endless loop, of rope or equivalent fiexible material, adapted -to cling to the arm, and provided with means for fastening an order thereto, and a device designed to be held by a person, and detachably supporting and holding the loop in an open condition.

2. At'rain-order holder and deliverer comprising an open loop-holder, of channel form in cross-section, having an opening 0, and an endless loop, of flexible material, arranged in and removable from the loopholder.

A train-order holder and deliverer comprising an open loop-holder, of channel form in cross-section, having an opening 0, ahan dle extending from said loop-holder at an opposite point, with reference to the opening 0, and an endless loop, of flexible material, arranged in and removable from the loopholder; said loop being provided with means for fastening an order thereto.

4. A train-order holder and deliverer comprising an open holder, of channel form in cross-section, having an opening 0, and an open, endless device arranged in the holder and removable through the opening thereof.

JOHN J. METZ.

Vitnesses:

\VILLIA P. VEITH, FRANK G. MYERS. 

